The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro, has reiterated the commitment of President Bola Tinubu to investing in the education of the Niger Delta youths through the programme's scholarship scheme to bridge the human capital development gap in the region.

Dr Otuaro spoke on Wednesday when a delegation from the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), United Kingdom, comprising the Regional Director, Africa, Dr Nana Adom; Senior Admissions Manager, Eve Flower; and Country Manager, Nigeria, Linda Ayodele, paid him a courtesy visit at his office in Abuja.

ARU, one of the partnering UK universities, has 69 PAP alumni and 28 scholarship beneficiaries are currently studying various courses in the institution.

Dr Otuaro has deployed 36 students to ARU and two of them will graduate in September 2026, four in January 2027 and 18 in May 2027.

He said President Tinubu will not leave any stone unturned in his investment in the education of the region's youths under his Renewed Hope Agenda.

"President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is unwaveringly committed to supporting the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and he believes strongly that education is one of the best things for our youths in the Niger Delta.

"This is because President Tinubu is concerned about the need to bridge the human capital development gap in the region, and he is irrevocably committed to it. The value of this educational investment will be great", Dr Otuaro said.

He told the Anglia Ruskin University team that PAP scholarship students are doing well within and outside Nigeria, adding that the programme recorded over 50 first class and 40 second-class upper division recently.

He noted that with 9,000 deployed in-country and 273 in UK universities, "the Federal Government is investing in the future of the Niger Delta and building a civil and polite society."

He said people of the region are appreciative of the expansion of scholarship opportunities because the beneficiaries will contribute their quota to nation-building.

Dr Otuaro said the PAP and the ARU have had a good relationship over the years, and expressed appreciation to the institution for the partnership.

Earlier, the ARU team lead, Dr Nana Adom, had explained that the purpose of the visit was to seek ways of deepening relationship between the university and the PAP.

He thanked Dr Otuaro for the partnership, and described the feedback from faculties on PAP scholarship students' academic performances as tremendous.

•PHOTO: L-R: Country Manager, Nigeria, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom, Linda Ayodele; Regional Director, Africa (ARU), Dr Nana Adom; Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Brutu Otuaro; Senior Admissions Manager (ARU), Eve Flower; and Head of Education at PAP, Dr Charles Ariye, during a courtesy visit by the university's team to Dr Otuaro in Abuja on Wednesday, 1 July, 2026.

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